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Search Seek.com job listings by keyword. Returns titles, companies, locations, salaries, descriptions, work types, and application links for Australian jobs.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/7799f9c0-6302-4590-8c94-0904b7c4df22/search_jobs?page=1&limit=3&keywords=data+analyst' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Search for jobs on Seek.com by keyword. Returns paginated job listings including title, company, location, salary, description, classification, work type, and application link.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| page | integer | Page number for pagination. |
| limit | integer | Results per page, maximum 20. |
| keywords | string | Search query (job title, skills, or company). Omitting returns all recent listings. |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"jobs": "array of job listing objects with id, title, company, location, salary, description, classification, subclassification, work_type, listing_date, listing_date_display, is_featured, application_link",
"page": "integer current page number",
"total": "integer total number of matching jobs",
"keywords": "string search query used",
"page_size": "integer results per page"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"jobs": [
{
"id": "92050535",
"title": "Pricing Data Analyst (Retail)",
"salary": "",
"company": "E E Muir & Sons",
"location": "Laverton North, Melbourne VIC",
"work_type": "Full time",
"description": "Own pricing data integrity, drive automation and deliver commercial analytics across our Procurement and merchandising functions.",
"is_featured": true,
"listing_date": "2026-05-12T02:59:09Z",
"classification": "Accounting",
"application_link": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/92050535",
"subclassification": "Analysis & Reporting",
"listing_date_display": "2d ago"
}
],
"page": 1,
"total": 4502,
"keywords": "data analyst",
"page_size": 3
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the seek.com API
The Seek.com API provides access to Australia's largest job board through 2 endpoints, returning up to 20 job listings per page with fields including title, company, location, salary, description, classification, work type, and direct application links. The search_jobs endpoint accepts keyword queries and handles pagination, while get_job_counts returns facet counts grouped by location, classification, and work type to power filter interfaces.
What the API Returns
The search_jobs endpoint accepts a keywords string (job title, skills, or company name), an optional page integer for pagination, and a limit of up to 20 results per page. Each job object in the response includes a unique id, title, company, location, salary, description, classification, subclassification, work_type, and an application link. The response also surfaces total — the count of all matching jobs — and the keywords string used, making it straightforward to build paginated job search interfaces.
Facet Counts for Filters
The get_job_counts endpoint takes the same optional keywords parameter and returns three grouped counts: locations (a map of location IDs to job counts), classifications (a map of classification IDs to job counts), and work_types (a map of work type IDs to job counts). This is useful for rendering filter sidebars or dashboard summaries before executing a full search — you can show candidates how many roles exist in each category without paginating through all results.
Coverage and Scope
All data reflects listings published on seek.com, which covers Australia and New Zealand. Work types distinguish full-time, part-time, contract, and casual roles where that data is available in the listing. Classifications and subclassifications map to Seek's own taxonomy (e.g., Information & Communication Technology > Developers/Programmers), giving structured category data alongside the free-text description.
- Build a job aggregator that surfaces Australian roles filtered by classification and work type
- Track salary ranges for specific job titles across different locations over time
- Power a job alert system that queries
search_jobsby keyword on a schedule - Generate a market overview dashboard using
get_job_countsto show demand by category - Enrich a recruiter CRM with live job counts per classification to identify high-demand sectors
- Compare the volume of contract vs. full-time roles for a given skill set using work type facets
- Feed job recommendation engines with structured title, company, and description data
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does Seek have an official developer API?+
What does the `get_job_counts` endpoint return and how does it differ from `search_jobs`?+
get_job_counts returns three aggregated count objects — locations, classifications, and work_types — each mapping an ID to the number of matching jobs for a given keyword query. It does not return individual job listings. Use it to build filter UIs or summarize market demand before calling search_jobs to retrieve actual listing details.Can I filter `search_jobs` results by location, classification, or work type?+
search_jobs endpoint currently accepts only keywords, page, and limit as inputs. Filtering by specific location IDs, classification IDs, or work types is not currently supported as direct parameters. The response does include location, classification, subclassification, and work_type fields per listing, so client-side filtering is possible. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add server-side filter parameters.